zWebstore

zWebstore supports a powerful set of features, many of which are typically only available in enterprise products. It is designed to be flexible and features a large number of configuration options which allow it to adapt to a large number of usage scenarios and functionali requirements.

Please note that zWebstore is designed to be flexible and easily customizable. As such, implementing new features can be achieved quickly and with relative ease. The clear separation of the logic and display layers greatly eases the implementation of custom functional requirements.

Below is an overview of the features supported out-of-the-box as of version 1.0. We will extend this feature set in the future and value your feedback as to which functional requirements you need to implement to best support your online business.

Basic Store Features

• No limit to number of products
• Freely definable product category hierarchy, to any depth
• Products can be assigned to multiple categories (up to 5 enabled by default)
• Category based product filtering can be 1-level or recursive
• Freely definable product variations
• Support for downloadable products, subscription products and event products
• Ability to handle tax calculation according to European or US fashion
• Freely definable shipping methods
• Freely configurable payment methods
• Freely configurable order stati
• Freely definable tax levels
• Payment methods can be limited to returning customers
• Shipment methods can be limited to returning customers
• Globally defined number format
• Configurable (ie: re-orderable) checkout sequence
• Configurable display for store homepage
• Configurable handling of 1st time customer account creation/registration
• Automatic generation of 3 levels of thumbnail images
• User funtionality which doesn't require login supports short-URLs
• All output is generated through templates, cleanly separating the data and presentation layers
• Built-in lightbox support for product detail images
• Output is extensively customizable through CSS

Sales Features

• Up- and Cross-Sell functionality
• Integrated call center functionality
• Global store discount
• Product override discount
• Product category discount
• Product category user group discount (B2B)
• Discount coupon functionality
• Usergroup product pricing
• Volume Pricing (3 levels)
• Discount coupon functionality
• Product selector functionality (guided selling)
• Configurable display of tax amounts (German Kleinerunternehmerregelung nach �19)
• Category-based product template override
• Featured product display
• Popular product display
• Express checkout for new customers
• Support for CMS Ratings and Comments functionality for products
• Inventory checking
• Editable shopping cart
• Ability to add multiple items to the cart in 1 operation
• Easily configurable (ie: re-orderable) checkout sequence
• Checkout sequences can be configured to use SSL
• PayPal integration
• Authorize.net integration
• Barclay EPDQ integration
• Ouroboros integration
• IPayment interation for direct debit (ELV)
• Telecash integration

Customer Management

• Customer order history
• Customer address management
• Customer credit card management
• Order status history
• Online printable invoice generation

Integration/Import Features

• Data import from OSCommerce
• Data import from XTCommerce
• Data import from FDShopsite
• Generic data XML, XLS and CSV export
• Generic data XML import
• Order XML import
• Export of product images to Mediashare module
• Export of event data to TimeIt calendar
• Configurable data import, export and batch processing framework

Internationalization Features

• Supported Languages: English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Croatian, Slovenian, Russian
• Webstore supports multilingual product and store data

Zikula Application Framework Features

In addition to the above store features, the integration with the Zikula Application Framework provides you with the following additional features which allow you to manage aspects of your customer base and easily customize and extend your store with addon functionality (some of which are provided by 3rd party modules which are not part of the Zikula Application Framework core).

• Extensive Security Checks
• Flexible Permission System
• User and Group Management
• Content Mangement
• User Forum
• Configurable WYSIWIG editor
• Flexible theme and layout management